The Naval Lighter Than Air Station Richmond was a South Florida military installation about 18 miles (29 km) south of Miami and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of US 1.
Since 1948, the University of Miami has used it as a research facility and storage area.
In response to the sudden increase in enrollment resulting from veterans returning to college, the University of Miami leased the decommissioned station to provide classrooms and housing for 1,100 students as its "South Campus.
"[2] Buildings currently house: the Global Public Health Research Group, Miami Institute for Human Genomics, D.U.I.
Laboratory (for analysis of motorist blood samples), and Microbiology & Immunology.